A BUS company has revamped its services for the new year after asking customers to take part in a satisfaction survey.

Glasgow Citybus, part of West of Coast Motors, will now operate additional night-time journeys and serve more universities and colleges.

They will also launch a mobile app and website for users to buy discounted tickets, track their bus and navigate to the nearest bus stop.

The upgrades follow an online customer satisfaction survey which revealed customers wanted later buses and would welcome a mobile app.

The changes to the route will take effect from Monday, January 6, and will affect services 15 and 17.

It comes after the service 15 was reinstated after protests from West End residents.

Richy Graham, operations manager at Glasgow Citybus, said: “Our bus service and ticket options are determined by our customers travel requirements and we take their feedback seriously.

“On service 17 the last bus currently departing Duntocher and Glasgow is 6.25 pm and 8.05 pm respectively, we have listened to our customers and are extending this to 10.01 pm and 11.05 pm. With service 15 we recognise the importance of catering for our student market and will now serve the universities.”

The app will launch in January with special ticket promotions.

Richy added: “If you’ve not used a bus in a while it can be quite tricky to know where to board, frequency of bus and how much your ticket costs. Our app and website will allow people to do all of this plus so much more.

“We really hope our changes encourage customers to use the bus more often plus entice more people out of cars and onto the bus, after all, one of our buses could take up to 49 cars off the road.”

MSP Ross Greer welcomed the move by the bus firm.

He said: “This is brilliant news for local residents, who’ve been telling me for years of the need for expanded bus services locally.

"As a regular user of the 15 and 17 myself, I know exactly how helpful the extended route and later operating times will be.

"To go from facing the potential loss of the 15 just a few months ago to this is a huge success story."

He added: "Glasgow Citybus have listened to their passengers and invested in their service.

"That faith now needs reciprocated by local residents. These services will only continue if enough people use them.

"With congestion increasing, local air pollution a real issue and Scotland’s transport emissions rising despite the climate emergency, leaving the car at home and getting on the bus is something we all need to do as much as possible. Expanded, affordable bus services make that far easier.”